Thanks to Jonas Ellison for sending in the photo- it seems the family has started a new family tradtion, giving gapingvoid prints as Holiday gifts! I’m very touched by that, Jonas. Thanks ever so much. Seriously…

[Sent out today on the newsletter. Buy the print here etc.] The benefits of Consumer Capitalism- the dominant ideology of our age- are pretty self evident: Lots of people having stuff, lots of things being invented, lots of livelihoods being attained, plus the greatest measure of them all- life expectancy- being increased. But there is […]

[Download the printable version here etc.] For the past couple of months, I’ve been trying to capture the Rackspace essence in a single, 550-pixel-wide cartoon. So what is THE ONE THING they need to let the world know? Above all else? My opinion? That they love startups. Hence the cartoon above. Bada. Bing.

One evening Father Steven, the elderly priest who baptized more than one of my nephews and nieces, came over to my mother’s house for dinner. I was there, too. Father Steven is a lovely guy. Deeply spiritual and very smart. Very learned in theology and the history of the Roman Catholic Church, though not Catholic […]

I was thinking this gapingvoid print would also make a PERFECT “Daily Bizcard” for today’s recipient, John Battelle. Besides being the founder of Federated Media (a service I’ve happily been using for a while now), John is a bit of a Renaissance man: College prof, journalist, co-founder of Wired Magazine, founder of The Industry Standard […]

[Rough banner ad ideas I wrote earlier today etc.] Things here at gapingvoid Central have been busy. In order to spread the word on our fine art prints, we’re talking to a few people about some possible advertising and affiliate marketing deals. It’s fairly virgin territory for gapingvoid, certainly, but I’m finding it an interesting […]

RT @robyvandamme: http://twitpic.com/igf1m – My @gapingvoid #dinosaur print has arrived. All I need now is a good spot. Some people like choosing their own frames, some people like hanging the print right out of the box. Which is why we’re now offering both options over on the gapingvoid Gallery. It’s all good. Rock on. [Update:] […]

Peo­ple ask, as an artist, why are you so obses­sed with the office? And I ans­wer, because that is where the action is, that is where we make things happen, that's where we spend at least a third of our lives.

Sure, there are other pla­ces where the human drama unfolds: homes, bars, res­tau­rants, schools, shops, the street etc. But con­si­de­ring how cen­tral busi­ness is to our lives, I find it odd that more peo­ple don’t unders­tand how impor­tant art can be to the work envi­ron­ment. So gaping­void is determined to help them unders­tand that better.

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Hugh MacLeod is a genius. Genius.

Seth GodinBest Selling Author

His work acknowledges the absurdity of workaday life, while also encouraging employees to respond with passion, creativity, and non-conformity... MacLeod’s work is undeniably an improvement over the office schlock of yore. At its best, it’s more honest, and more cognizant of the entrepreneurial psyche, while still retaining some idealism.

The New RepublicLydia Depillis

Last year my State of the College address was 76 slides loaded with data. This year it was 14 cartoons that were substantially more memorable.

Len SchlesingerFormer President, Babson College

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Tony HsiehCEO, Zappos

In moments of indecision I glance at the wall [to Hugh's work] for guidance.